Savor the Night

Slipping between the cool sheets
I lie, cushioned on softness.
Feeling the silky smooth fabric 
caress my naked body,
pressing in on all sides
touching me
in all the right places.
Softly, the light fades
outside my curtained window.
The velvet darkness surrounds me.
I’m soon to be
cocooned in sleep.
I close my eyes
and drift to dreams
floating, flying, falling
from the last vestiges of consciousness
into fluid, weightless wonder. 

This poem was published in the literary webzine Writing Raw